Patents Assigned to Technologies AG
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Patent number: 11410909Abstract: A fluid channel for a power semiconductor module includes a die carrier configured to carry a plurality of semiconductor dies on a first side, a plurality of cooling elements arranged on a second side of the die carrier opposite the first side, and a channel wall arranged opposite the second side of the die carrier and forming a cavity. The cooling elements are arranged in the cavity. The cooling elements are attached to the die carrier at attachment points. A majority of the attachment points are positioned vertically in alignment with positions of the semiconductor dies.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Christian Schweikert, Alexander Kospach, Sebastian Paul Hans Moeller, Benedikt Rabl
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Patent number: 11410989Abstract: A semiconductor device is operable a forward current mode and a reverse current mode and comprises a semiconductor region, and a controllable charge carrier injector, and a gate. A method includes detecting, in the reverse current mode, if the present load current in the reversed direction does not exceed a threshold value, providing a gate signal such that the gate electrode causes the charge carrier injector to induce a first charge carrier density within the semiconductor region so as to conduct a nominal load current in the reverse direction; if the present load current in the reverse direction does exceed the threshold value, operating the semiconductor device in an overload state by providing the gate signal with a voltage that causes the semiconductor region to conduct an overload current in the reverse direction, wherein the second charge carrier density is higher than the first charge carrier density.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Johannes Georg Laven, Roman Baburske, Thomas Basler, Philip Christoph Brandt, Maria Cotorogea
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Patent number: 11408495Abstract: A hybrid module comprising a rotor assembly including a rotor carrier and a torque converter completely disposed radially inside of the rotor carrier is provided. The torque converter assembly includes an impeller having an impeller shell fixed to the rotor carrier such that the impeller shell and the rotor carrier form a housing of the torque converter.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Melissa Blischak, Patrick Lindemann, Steven Rhoads, Ayyalraju Satyaseelan
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Patent number: 11408469Abstract: A friction clutch for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes and input part, an output part, a spring device, a pressure pot, and a connecting means connecting the pressure pot to the inner-plate carrier. The input part includes an outer-plate carrier which is rotatable about an axis of rotation by a drive motor, and an outer plate rotationally fastened to the outer-plate carrier. The input part includes a rotor carrier, an inner-plate carrier separate from the rotor carrier, and an inner plate rotationally fastened to the inner-plate carrier. The spring device is for bracing the outer plate and the inner plate together with a pressing force to close the friction clutch. The connecting means includes an actuating surface via which the friction clutch can be actuated by an actuating device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Fabian Hammerstiel, Christoph Raber, Marc Finkenzeller, Marcel Röll, Florian Vogel, Michael Aschoff
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Patent number: 11410906Abstract: A semiconductor package for double sided cooling includes a first and a second carrier facing each other, at least one power semiconductor chip arranged between the first and second carriers, external contacts arranged at least partially between the first and second carriers, and spring elements arranged between the first and second carriers and configured to keep the first and second carriers at a predefined distance from each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Juergen Hoegerl, Bernd Betz, Stephan Bradl, Daniel Obermeier
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Patent number: 11409689Abstract: A device of a data testing environment including a node configured to connect the device to a tester; one or more processors configured to receive from the node an electrical signal alternating between at least a first state and a second state, the first state representing a data transmission trigger and the second state representing a data transmission opportunity; determine a timing of the data transmission opportunity based on the received electrical signal; and send data to the node during the data transmission opportunity in response to receiving the data transmission trigger.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Siak Pin Lim, Govindraya Sanoor Prabhu, Tue Fatt David Wee, Hu Xu
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Patent number: 11407336Abstract: A vehicle seat rotates in response to activation of an electric motor. The electric motor is part of a non-back-drivable mechanism such that it acts to lock the seat in position. The seat mechanism is assembled from stamped components for efficient manufacturing. A bracket includes integrally formed gear teeth which mesh with gear teeth driven by the electric motor. The bracket is held between two stamped parts using four-point angular contact ball bearings. The races of the ball bearings are stamped into the respective stamped parts.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Franklin Tibbits, Christopher Shamie, Robert Mallon, Cameron Gibson, Todd Sturgin, Chris Luipold
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Patent number: 11407300Abstract: A hybrid module for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a separating clutch for coupling an input-side drive shaft with an output-side intermediate shaft, and an actuating device for actuating the separating clutch, co-rotatable with the drive shaft or with the intermediate shaft. The actuating device includes a pressure chamber connectable to a pressure source arranged to provide a hydraulic actuating pressure through a hydraulic medium, and a compensation device for at least partially compensating a change in pressure in the pressure chamber from a first centrifugal force acting on the hydraulic medium. The drive shaft may be a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged for mechanically driving the motor vehicle and the intermediate shaft may be a rotor shaft for an electric machine arranged for electrically driving the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: René Daikeler, Stephan Maienschein, Christian Hügel, Florian Vogel
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Patent number: 11410942Abstract: A package is disclosed. In one example, the package comprises a carrier, an electronic component mounted on the carrier, and an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of the electronic component and only part of the carrier so that another exposed part of the carrier is exposed with regard to the encapsulant. The exposed part of the carrier comprises an electric connection structure and a corrosion protection structure. One of the electric connection structure and the corrosion protection structure is selectively formed on only a sub-portion of the other one of the electric connection structure and the corrosion protection structure outside of the encapsulant.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Jochen Dangelmaier, Klaus Elian
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Publication number: 20220244322Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic field sensor circuit including at least one coil for measuring a magnetic field, a first stage amplifier circuit coupled to the coil and having a first transfer function with a pole at a first frequency, and a second stage amplifier circuit coupled to an output of the first stage amplifier circuit and having a second transfer function with a zero at the first frequency. In some embodiments, a temperature dependent frequency drift of the pole of the first transfer function corresponds to a temperature dependent frequency drift of the zero of the second transfer function.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Mario MOTZ, Qinwen FAN, Amirhossein JOUYAEIAN, Kofi MAKINWA
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Publication number: 20220246950Abstract: A layer system (1, 1?, 1?, Ia) for coating a bipolar plate (10) or an electrode unit (10a, 10b), including at least one first layer (2, 2a, 2b), at least one second layer (3), and at least one cover layer (4, 4a, 4b) arranged on the at least one second layer (3) made of a doped tetrahedral amorphic carbon ta-C:X, wherein as the dopant X, at least one element is provided from the group including titanium, niobium, tungsten, zirconium, tantalum, hafnium, molybdenum, copper, silicon, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, iridium, silver, boron, nitrogen, phosphor, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen, and the dopant X is provided in the cover layer (4, 4a, 4b) in a concentration of >0 to 20 at.-%. A bipolar plate (10) or an electrode unit (10a, 10b) having such a layer system and a fuel cell (100) and a redox flow cell (110) are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Jeevanthi VIVEKANANTHAN, Nazlim BAGCIVAN, Ricardo Henrique BRUGNARA
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Publication number: 20220247273Abstract: An electric machine including a stator having a laminated core and windings, in which a winding head, which is formed by the windings, projects at axial ends of the laminated core in the axial direction beyond the laminated core. A rotor is rotatably mounted in the stator, and the rotor includes a rotor body and a shaft on which the rotor body is fastened. A cooling device is provided for cooling the electric machine with a coolant, and the cooling device is designed to convey the coolant from the shaft towards the winding heads and thus to cool the winding heads. Preferably, the cooling device is also designed to spray the coolant from the shaft towards the winding heads in order to cool the winding heads.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Patrick GRAMANN, Nicolai GRAMANN
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Publication number: 20220244535Abstract: An image projection system includes a first transmitter configured to generate first light beams; a first collimation lens configured to receive the first light beams and generate first collimated light beams to be projected onto an eye to render a first projection image perceived at a first projection plane; a second transmitter configured to generate second light beams; a second collimation lens configured to receive the second light beams and generate second collimated light beams to be projected onto the eye to render a second projection image perceived at a second projection plane; a first beam combiner configured to transmit the first and the second collimated light beams on a combined transmission path; and a scanner configured to steer the first and the second collimated light beams according to a scanning pattern to render the first projection image and the second projection image onto the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Boris KIRILLOV
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Publication number: 20220247260Abstract: An electrical machine (10) for an electrically operable axle of a motor vehicle, having a shaft (12) with an axis of rotation (D), at least one bearing (14), wherein the shaft is rotatably mounted via the at least one bearing, at least one end shield (16), and at least one bearing ring (18), which is arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation (D). The at least one bearing is connected to the end shield via the bearing ring, and the bearing ring has at least one longitudinal recess (20a, 20b) on the outside for fluid evacuation. An electrically operated axle for a motor vehicle having the electrical machine is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Alexandre FISCHER, Thomas FRITZ, Andreas KESKINOGLU
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Publication number: 20220243779Abstract: A method for producing a wet-running friction paper includes providing a fiber portion with a fiber, providing a filler portion with a filler, providing a binder portion with a phenol-resin-based binder, dissolving the binder portion to form a phenolate, and processing the fiber portion, the filler portion and the phenolate in a paper production process to form the wet-running friction paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stefan Steinmetz, Gregor Mattern
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Publication number: 20220243620Abstract: A harmonic drive (1) comprises three connection elements (2, 9, 13), namely an input element (2), an output element (13) and an adjusting element (9), and an anti-twist mechanism (15) operates between the connection elements (2, 9, 13), the anti-twist mechanism comprising an anti-twist element (18), which is concentric to the connection elements (2, 9, 13) and interlockingly cooperates with one of the connection elements (9) and frictionally cooperates with one other connection element (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Daniel Heise, Marco Hildebrand, Bastian Hain
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Patent number: 11404392Abstract: A molded semiconductor module include: a semiconductor die attached to a main surface of a metal block. The die has a metal contact pad at a side of the die facing away from the metal block. A metal terminal has a contact region attached to the metal contact pad of the die, and a distal end region that joins the contact region and is bent upward in a direction away from the metal block such that the distal end region has a free end which terminates at a further distance from the metal block than the contact region. A molding compound encapsulates the die and covers the contact region of the metal terminal. The distal end region of the metal terminal protrudes through a surface of the molding compound that faces a same direction as the side of the die with the metal contact pad.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Ivan Nikitin
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Patent number: 11405032Abstract: An integrated circuit that may be employed as a smart switch is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment the integrated circuit includes a power transistor coupled between a supply pin and an output pin and a current sensing circuit coupled to the power transistor and configured to generate a current sense signal indicative of a load current passing through the power transistor. The integrated circuit further comprises a monitor circuit configured to receive the current sense signal and to provide a protection signal based on the current sense signal and a threshold value, wherein the monitor circuit includes a filter that is configured to receive a filter input signal that depends on the current sense signal. The filter has a transfer characteristic with two or more time constants.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Mirko Bernardoni, Robert Illing
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Patent number: 11404999Abstract: A method for detecting a contact fault in a photovoltaic system is disclosed. The photovoltaic system includes an inverter and a photovoltaic generator connected to the inverter via DC current lines. The inverter includes a transmitter for coupling a first AC voltage signal having communication frequencies in a first frequency range between 125 kHz and 150 kHz into the DC current lines. A receiver is configured to couple out the first AC voltage signal and is arranged at the photovoltaic generator. A decoupling circuit is configured to decouple the impedance of the photovoltaic generator is arranged between the inverter and the photovoltaic generator, such that the photovoltaic generator is AC decoupled from a transmission path between the inverter and the decoupling circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AGInventor: Markus Hopf
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Patent number: 11402004Abstract: A torque converter comprising a cover arranged to receive torque, an impeller having an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover, and a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell is provided. In embodiments, the torque converter includes a lock-up clutch including a piston plate, an output hub connected to the turbine shell and arranged to non-rotatably connect to a transmission input shaft, and a seal plate disposed, at least partially, axially between the piston plate and the turbine shell, wherein the seal plate is connected to the cover and the piston plate. A flow plate may be connected to the seal plate and disposed axially between the seal plate and the turbine shell. A through-bore may be bounded in first and second opposite radial directions by the seal plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Victor Norwich, Patrick Lindemann